Nkumba is an urban area in

Wakiso District Wakiso District is a Districts of Uganda, district in the Central Region, Uganda, Central Region of Uganda that partly encircles Kampala, Uganda's capital city. The town of Wakiso is the site of the district headquarters. Kira Town, Kira, the count ...

in the Buganda Region of

Uganda Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the ...

. The area is primarily a university town, on account of

Nkumba University Nkumba University (NKU) is a chartered private university in Uganda. It was established in 1994 as part of a group of schools and colleges that originally grew from a kindergarten established in 1951. The university is not affiliated with any pa ...

, a private university that maintains its main campus in the neighborhood.

Location

Nkumba is off of the tarmacked

Kampala–Entebbe Road The Kampala–Entebbe Road, also known as the Entebbe–Kampala Road or the Entebbe Road, is a road in the Central Region of Uganda, connecting the capital city of Kampala and Entebbe International Airport. Location The road starts on Kampala ...

. It is approximately , by road, north-east of

Entebbe Entebbe is a city in Central Region, Uganda, Central Uganda which is located on Lake Victoria peninsula, approximately southwest of the Ugandan capital city, Kampala. Entebbe was once the seat of government for the Protectorate of Uganda pri ...

, on the northern shores of

Lake Victoria Lake Victoria is one of the African Great Lakes. With a surface area of approximately , Lake Victoria is Africa's largest lake by area, the world's largest tropics, tropical lake, and the world's second-largest fresh water lake by surface are ...

. It lies in Katabi Sub-county, in Busiro County, Wakiso District, in the Buganda Region of Uganda. The geographical coordinates of Nkumba are 0°05'36.0"N, 32°30'22.0" (Latitude:0.093333; Longitude:32.506111). Nkumba lies at an average elevation of , above sea level.

Overview

Nkumba is a mixed-use (commercial and residential), middle class neighborhood. Close to the

, the dominant business is the main campus of Nkumba University, with an estimated 12,000 student enrollment. Near the university campus are private student hostels, restaurants, stationery stores, air-time kiosks, banks and related businesses. Farther inland, away from the highway, the neighbourhood is primarily residential. One can find plots of land for sale, on which to construct a residence, or a business. Closer to the lake, there is potential for resort facilities, which is yet unexploited. Kasenyi Landing Site, a fishing village, lies at the end of the road that connects to

Abayita Ababiri Abayita Ababiri, sometimes spelled Abaita Ababiri, is a neighborhood in Uganda. Location Abayita Ababiri is located in Kyaddondo South Constituency, Wakiso District, Central Uganda. It lies along the old Entebbe-Kampala Road, and is the beginni ...

, on the Kampala–Entebbe Road.

Prominent people

The paternal grandfather to Queen Sylvia of Buganda, Nelson Edmond Nkalubo Sebugwawo owns a home in Bufulu, Nkumba. Nagginda lived here from the age of about four years of age until the age of about 7 years old, while she attended ''Lake Victoria Primary School'', in nearby

References

External links

Website of Nkumba University
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